2007 World Darts Trophy
Encyclopedia
The 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth staging of a professional darts tournament in the Netherlands
at De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht
. The tournament has a playing format comparable with the two World Championships – BDO World Darts Championship
and PDC World Darts Championship
and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including both incumbent
s) and 23 world title winners – making it possibly the strongest field assembled since the split
in 1992/93.
Current PDC World Champion Raymond van Barneveld
was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen
in a repeat of the 2006 BDO World final
. Current BDO World Champion Martin Adams
fell at the quarter-final hurdle to Andy Hamilton
.
The final featured Gary Anderson
against Phil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final – played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title – adding to his International Darts League
success back in May.
Andy Smith
Wayne Atwood
Bob Anderson
Peter Allen Alan Caves
Gary Spedding
Vincent van der Voort
Jelle Klaasen
First Preliminary Round (Friday 31 August)
Second Preliminary Round
in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available - however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
at De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
. The tournament has a playing format comparable with the two World Championships – BDO World Darts Championship
BDO World Darts Championship
The BDO World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the British Darts Organisation . It began in 1978, and was the only world championship tournament until 1994...
and PDC World Darts Championship
PDC World Darts Championship
The PDC World Darts Championship is a world championship competition for the sport of darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation . It was introduced following a dispute in 1994 with the British Darts Organisation, which has run its own world championship since 1978...
and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including both incumbent
Incumbent
The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...
s) and 23 world title winners – making it possibly the strongest field assembled since the split
Split in darts
The split in darts refers to an acrimonious dispute between top professional darts players and the game's governing body which began in 1992 and resulted in the formation of a new organisation to arrange tournaments - including a second version of the World Professional Darts Championship...
in 1992/93.
Current PDC World Champion Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands...
in a repeat of the 2006 BDO World final
2006 BDO World Darts Championship
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. Current BDO World Champion Martin Adams
Martin Adams
Martin Adams is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie or Mr BDO, he is BDO world ranked number one, three-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion...
fell at the quarter-final hurdle to Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton (darts player)
Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....
.
The final featured Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...
against Phil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final – played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title – adding to his International Darts League
International Darts League
The Topic International Darts League was a darts tournament held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Raymond van Barneveld dominated the tournament, held in his home country, winning it on three of the five occasions it was held...
success back in May.
Qualified Players
The players in bold automatically qualify for the main stage and are seeded. The players in regular text automatically qualify for the main round but are not seed. The players in italic must go through the qualifiers:PDC Order of Merit
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Phil Taylor -
Raymond van BarneveldRaymond van BarneveldRaymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player... - Colin LloydColin LloydColin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...
- Peter ManleyPeter ManleyPeter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...
- Terry JenkinsTerry JenkinsTerry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...
- Dennis PriestleyDennis PriestleyDennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...
- Adrian LewisAdrian LewisAdrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...
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John PartJohn PartJohn Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion... - Roland ScholtenRoland ScholtenRoland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...
- Andy HamiltonAndy Hamilton (darts player)Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....
- James WadeJames WadeJames Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...
- Wayne MardleWayne MardleWayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
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Barrie BatesBarrie BatesBarrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy".... - Ronnie BaxterRonnie BaxterRonnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...
- Kevin PainterKevin PainterKevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...
- Andy JenkinsAndy JenkinsAndy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...
PDC Qualifiers
Mark Walsh Denis OvensDenis Ovens
Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...
Andy Smith
Andy Smith (darts player)
Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...
Wayne Atwood
Wayne Atwood
Wayne Atwood is a Welsh darts player from Caerphilly. He is not a full-time professional player - he makes his full-time living as a plasterer. He uses the nickname the Celtic Warrior for his matches....
Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (darts player)
Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was ranked as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset.-Before Darts:Anderson threw his first darts maximum at the age of just five...
Peter Allen Alan Caves
Alan Caves
Alan Caves is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. His best run came at the 2004 UK Open where he reached the last 16, ultimately losing to Alan Warriner...
Gary Spedding
Wildcards
Mervyn King Michael van GerwenMichael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player, nicknamed Mighty Mike. He is the youngest player in history to win a major televised tournament in either the BDO or the PDC, winning the 2006 Winmau World Masters at the age of 17...
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands...
Qualifying
The top 12 players from the PDC and the top 12 from the BDO automatically qualified for the event, however following some controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation a qualifying competition was also held to fill the other eight places in the first round. Seven PDC players progressed to the first round including Dutchmen Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.First Preliminary Round (Friday 31 August)
- Andy Jenkins 3–0 Phill Nixon (3–1, 3–1, 3–1)
- Paul Hanvidge 0–3 Wayne Atwood (2–3, 2–3, 1–3)
- Dietmar Burger 0–3 Andy Smith (0–3, 1–3, 2–3)
- Michael van Gerwen 3–0 Robert Grant (3–2, 3–2, 3–0)
- Ronnie Baxter 3–0 Steve Duke Snr (3–2, 3–0, 3–0)
- Jarkko Komula 0–3 Denis Ovens (1–3, 0–3, 0–3)
- Michael Rosenauer 3–1 Bob Anderson (3–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–1)
- Jelle Klaasen 3–1 Edwin Max (3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 3–0)
- Kevin Painter 3–1 Shane Tichowitsch (3–1, 1–3, 3–0, 3–0)
- Mario Robbe 3–1 Garry Spedding (2–3, 3–2, 3–0, 3–2)
- Steve West 3–0 Peter Allen (3–1, 3–0, 3–0)
- Mervyn King 3–1 Craig Pullen (3–0, 2–3, 3–0, 3–0)
- Shaun Greatbatch Bye (Barrie Bates withdrew due to broken foot)
- Martin Atkins 3–0 Alan Caves (3–0, 3–0, 3–1)
- Gary Robson 3–0 Mark Walsh (3–1, 3–2, 3–0)
- Vincent van der Voort 3–0 Mark Barilli (3–0, 3–1, 3–1)
Second Preliminary Round
- Andy Jenkins 2–3 Wayne Atwood (2–3, 0–3, 3–1, 3–1, 0–3)
- Andy Smith 1–3 Michael van Gerwen (1–3, 3–2, 3–1, 3–2)
- Ronnie Baxter 2–3 Denis Ovens (3–1, 3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 2–3)
- Michael Rosenauer 0–3 Jelle Klaasen (1–3, 2–3, 1–3)
- Kevin Painter 3–0 Mario Robbe (3–1, 3–1, 3–0)
- Steve West 1–3 Mervyn King (2–3, 0–3, 3–2, 1–3)
- Shaun Greatbatch 3–2 Martin Atkins (2–3, 1–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2)
- Gary Robson 0–3 Vincent van der Voort (1–3, 2–3, 1–3)
Results
Television coverage
The tournament was broadcast by SBS6SBS6
SBS 6 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by Sanoma and Talpa Holding . Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are NET 5 and Veronica.- History :SBS stands for Scandinavian Broadcasting System...
in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available - however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.
Prize fund
- 2007 Prize money
- Winner €45,000
- Runner-Up €22,500
- Semi Finalists €11,250
- Quarter Finalists €6,000
- Last 16 €3,000
- First Round Losers €2,000
- Nine dart finishNine dart finishA nine-dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals...
: Alfa Romeo Brera 2.4 JTDM 20V worth €50,000 (not won) - Highest Check-Out €1,000
- Total €221,000
External links
- Infodarts Dutch results and news web site.